Gentleman Quote by William Shakespeare Download Open image “When a gentlemen is disposed to swear, it is not for any standers-by to curtail his oaths.” — William Shakespeare ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Gentleman Oath Profanity Swear Swearing
A whoreson jackanapes must take me up for swearing; as if I borrowed mine oaths of him and might not spend them at my… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
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On principle I dislike an oath which requires a man to swear he has not done wrong.It rejects the Christian principle of forgiveness on… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The present system of taking oaths is horrible. It is awfully absurd to make a man invoke God's wrath upon himself, if he speaks… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Time hath not yet so dried this blood of mine, Nor age so eat up my invention, Nor fortune made such havoc of my… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Divers philosophers hold that the lips is parcel of the mouth. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs; Being purg'd, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; Being vex'd, a sea nourish'd with… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I, measuring his affections by my own, Which then most sought where most might not be found, Being one too many by my weary… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Ask God for temp'rance. That's th' appliance only Which your disease requires. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Thou hast no figures nor no fantasies Which busy care draws in the brains of men; Therefore thou sleep’st so sound. Julius Caesar (2.1.248-251)” — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Have you not heard it said full oft, A woman's nay doth stand for naught? — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
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Brothers all In honour, as in one community, Scholars and gentlemen. — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
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To call him a dog hardly seems to do him justice, though inasmuch as he had four legs, a tail, and barked, I admit… — Hermione Gingold Copy Share Image
“Can a magician kill a man by magic?” Lord Wellington asked Strange. Strange frowned. He seemed to dislike the question. “I suppose a magician… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
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